I just built and tested an easy mount for the Hobie Mirage pedal drive for my H-16 as a "no wind" insurance policy on long distance sail camp trips I take. Under 10 lbs including the drive, effortless all day pedaling at around 2mph in slack water...I had to paddle my 16 for many hours and miles upriver on a blazing hot day on a trip last summer and swore I'd find a better way...not cheap ($500 for the turbo drive), but very cool...and now that I have it, the wind will never die on a trip again, which also works fine for me...

At this point I'm actually taking a quick look at seeing if there's enough interest in the idea to actually get someone to manufacture the bracket (Hobie ?), so I'm going to hold off on specific details for a little bit. If it's not of commercial interest to anyone (which I suspect may be the case), I'll make sure to post the details here for all.

I think this is a really good idea. plus sincehobie also has evolve drive that mounts inwhere a mirage drive would go there is anotheroption for auxilary power. I have a getaway andit seems front tramp may be in the way.. keep usposted thanks doug